The collected essays of Milton Babbitt / edited by Stephen Peles with Stephen Dembski, Andrew Mead, and Joseph N. Straus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011.

Contributor:

Peles, Stephen.

Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Standardized Title:

Essays

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

xi, 517 pages : music ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2003]

Summary:

"The time is eminently ripe--indeed past due--for a collection of the writings of Milton Babbitt."--Elaine Barkin, University of California, Los Angeles

"Babbitt is one of the principal makers of postwar musical thought and expression, whose importance for musical composition, theory, and pedagogy in the United States is beyond that of any other individual. This anthology of his writings will stand as a major monument of late twentieth-century musical thought and history."--Benjamin Boretz, Bard College

"Milton Babbitt's influence on American musical composition has been both enormously significant and highly controversial--two excellent reasons for assembling his writings, previously scattered and difficult to locate, into a single volume. Anyone studying or writing about twentieth-century music--in its technical, philosophical, or sociological aspects--will have to deal with parts or all of this invaluable collection."--David Hamilton, The Julliard School

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

0691089663

OCLC:

51728809

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